On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros <fav...@mpcnet.com.br> wrote: > >> That's what I thought might be the case. Your source files are >> basically 7 bit ASCII. > >> I'd call your use case something to be handled by a Revision >> Control System. We normally think of them as used for program >> code, but they can be used for manuscripts as well. Take a look >> at Walter Tichy's RCS, available for FreeDOS. > > I downloaded RCS and had a look at it, but as far as writing > this book is concerned my needs are very modest compared to the > capabilities of RCS, especially because I'm the sole author.
While Revision Control Systems have steadily expanded, in the direction of supporting multiple developers who may be in different locations all working on the same code base. they're useful useful if you're the only user. What they do is let you track, control, and reverse changes on a far finer level than a full copy of the manuscript. An outfit called Component Software has a version of RCS that claims to work with Word and Excel. Most RCS systems assume ASCII files > So I'll probably stay with the simpler solution -- an archiver > such as 7zip. > > But I may use RCS in the future, so thanks for the hint anyway. You're welcome. > Marcos > > > > -------------------------------------- > Marcos Fávero Florence de Barros > Campinas, Brazil > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
